Sentence examples for fixed terms of office from inspiring English sources

The fact that Alan Yentob was chair for 18 years suggests that there were no fixed terms of office for trustees so no new blood was being recruited to the trustee board.

Most of the time, voters who don't like an incumbent choose to live with the offending politician until the next election, on the sensible theory that fixed terms of office and regular elections are adequate checks on abuses of power and extreme policies.

L. 86 619 provided for continuation in office of the commissioners upon termination of their term until their successors are appointed and have qualified, not beyond expiration of next session of Congress subsequent to the expiration of said fixed term of office.

L. 86 619 provided for continuation in office of a commissioner upon termination of his term until a successor is appointed and has qualified, not beyond expiration of next session of Congress subsequent to the expiration of said fixed term of office.

Loans typically have fixed terms of five years or less.

Mao's successor, Deng Xiaoping, imposed a system of collective leadership in the 1980s, noted Susan Shirk, head of the China center at the University of California at San Diego, along with rules mandating fixed terms in office, a fixed retirement age and term limits.

He has no set term of office.

It will fix their terms of office, working hours and remuneration and set legal quotas to prescribe at least eight members on each court.

Impeachment exists to solve a structural problem of presidential systems — the rigidity of fixed terms.

Their debts mainly mortgages on homes, offices or factories have fixed terms; they often have fixed interest rates too.

Federal, state, and local judges have fixed or renewable terms of office, while some federal judges are appointed to life-long terms.[11].[11]